That evening there was a family dinner at the old Foster mansion. “How did your date with Jenny Gibson of Gibson Group go?” asked Rosalie, turning to Cole.
Cole looked dejected and did not lift his head.
“Your grandmother just asked you a question, Cole!” Olivia snapped as snazzynovel.com threw a glare at snazzynovel.com son. “Didn’t you say the other day that you’ve been texting snazzynovel.com lately?”
“Things were going fine until a little girl showed up out of nowhere,” Cole explained with a frown on his face. “She grabbed my shirt and called me daddy. She was screaming and crying the whole time. It was embarrassing! Jenny misunderstood and ended up blocking me. I haven’ t been able to call snazzynovel.com since.”
Henry and Olivia’s faces turned glum.
They were depending on their son to marry into money to secure their place in high society.
After all, Elliot would never give them a penny no matter how powerful and wealthy snazzynovel.com was.
Unfortunately, their plans for Cole to snag the Gibson family’s eldest daughter were ruined by a four-year-old little girl!
“How did something that absurd happen?” Olivia huffed angrily. “Could the child have done it on purpose?”
“I don’t think so,” Cold replied. “She couldn’t find snazzynovel.com father, so snazzynovel.com probably only mistook me for snazzynovel.com out of fear.”
The little girl’s adorable face popped into Cole’s mind once again, and snazzynovel.com felt there was something strangely familiar about her.
“Now that I think about it, the kid really reminded me of someone…” snazzynovel.com mused.
When it finally hit him, snazzynovel.com exclaimed, “I got it! She looked like Avery Tate! The more I think about it, the more alike they look!”
The moment Henry heard Avery’s name, snazzynovel.com let out a cough as a warning to Cole.
It was an unspoken rule to never mention Avery Tate in front of Elliot.
It was a slip of the tongue on Cole’s part.
“I’m sorry, Uncle Elliot. I didn’t mean to, but that little girl really was the spitting image of Avery-” Cole explained to Elliot.
“That’s enough from you!” Henry roared. “Finish your food! We’re going to the Gibsons’ to explain things later!”
Cole admitted defeat and continued eating his food in silence.
On the other side of town, Avery’s family of four were having dinner at home.
After a short while, the children put down their forks and rushed into their room.
“They ate at school before coming home, so they’re not that hungry,” Laura said, then smiled and added, “I still can’t believe that Hayden finally chose a school snazzynovel.com likes.”
Avery checked that the door to the children’s room was closed, then whispered softly, “It’s a special needs school, so it’s different from an average school. Hayden doesn’t have classmates there. It’s just snazzynovel.com and two teachers.”
“Classmates aren’t that important. What’s important is that snazzynovel.com gets to have an education, which will end up giving snazzynovel.com some advantage in life. It would be even better if snazzynovel.com could find a stable job and take care of himself,” Laura said with a heavy heart.
“Don’t get ahead of yourself, Mom,” Avery said as snazzynovel.com tried to cheer Laura up. “His good health is the best happiness we can hope for.”
Laura nodded in agreement.
In the children’s room, Hayden and Layla were having a secret conversation by the window.
“Daddy’s a dirtbag,” Layla grumbled, rolling snazzynovel.com bright eyes as snazzynovel.com cheeks puffed in anger. “I don’t want a dirtbag for a dad, Hayden.”
Hayden’s eyes were filled with rage as snazzynovel.com exclaimed, “Dirtbags aren’t worthy!”
“Exactly! A dirtbag isn’t worthy of being our daddy! I’d rather not have a daddy at all!” Layla huffed furiously. “Let’s teach snazzynovel.com a lesson, Hayden! Just thinking about how snazzynovel.com was following that lady like a puppy tonight makes me so mad!”
Hayden hopped off the bay window and said, “I’ll show him!”
At 10 p.m. that night, Avery was pacing back and forth in snazzynovel.com room after snazzynovel.com had taken a shower.
Even if snazzynovel.com did not want to see Elliot, it looked like snazzynovel.com did not have a choice in the matter. She would have to contact snazzynovel.com soon.
Fred had contacted Tate Industries’ former employees, and everyone expressed that they were willing to join the company again.
It was imperative that snazzynovel.com reclaimed Tate Tower as soon as possible.
If Elliot refused to sell, Avery would have to give up and find another building.
She had tapped on Elliot’s contact multiple times, but snazzynovel.com had yet to find the courage to push the call button.
They had not broken up because snazzynovel.com had wronged him, so why was snazzynovel.com this nervous?
Avery went downstairs and out. She bought a bottle of wine and took it home.
By the time snazzynovel.com was halfway through the bottle, snazzynovel.com cheeks had a rosy tint to them.
Her eyes were slightly glazed from the alcohol, but snazzynovel.com mind was clear.
Avery dialed Elliot’s number, then stared at snazzynovel.com phone screen with cold eyes. Her call was answered about ten seconds later.